Poltava Oblast

Poltava Oblast, also referred to as Poltavshchyna, is an oblast of central . The administrative center of the oblast is the city of . Most of its territory was part of the southern regions of the Cossack Hetmanate.
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  • Type: oblast of Ukraine with 1,350,000 residents
  • Description: oblast of Ukraine
  • Also known as: Poltava”, “Poltava Oblast (Ukraine)”, and “Poltavska oblast

Places of Interest

Highlights include Poltava Art Museum and Poltava-Kyivska railway station.

Museum
The is a public art gallery in , which contains many works of native and foreign art and a rich ethnographic collection.

Railway station
Photo: butsky, CC BY 2.0.
Poltava–Kyivska is a railway station in , .

Photo: Turzh, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poltava and Rozsoshentsi.

is a city in . is called a cultural capital because of its colourful history and many famous Ukrainians who were born in .

Village
is a village in , Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Shcherbani rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. is situated 6 km southwest of Poltava Oblast.

Village
is a village in , Poltava Oblast, . It belongs to Tereshky rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The village has a population of 2,525. is situated 6 km southeast of Poltava Oblast.

Poltava Oblast

Latitude
49.5921° or 49° 35′ 32″ north
Longitude
34.543° or 34° 32′ 35″ east
Population
1,350,000
Elevation
159 metres (522 feet)
Open location code
8GXPHGRV+R6
Geo­Names ID
696634
Wiki­data ID
Q169501
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Poltava Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Poltawa-oblast
  • Arabic: بولتافا أوبلاست
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بولتافا
  • Armenian: Պոլտավայի մարզ
  • Asturian: Óblast de Poltava
  • Azerbaijani: Poltava vilayəti
  • Bashkir: Полтава өлкәһе
  • Basque: Poltavako oblasta
  • Belarusian: Палтаўская вобласць
  • Belarusian: Палтаўская вобласьць
  • Bengali: পোল্টাভা ওব্লাস্ট
  • Bosnian: Poltavska oblast
  • Bulgarian: Полтавска област
  • Catalan: óblast de Poltava
  • Catalan: Óblast de Poltava
  • Catalan: Poltàvsxona
  • Catalan: província de Poltava
  • Cebuano: Poltavs’ka Oblast‘
  • Cebuano: Poltavs’ka Oblast’
  • Central Kurdish: پۆلتاڤا ئۆبلاست
  • Chechen: Полтаван область
  • Chinese: Poltava Chiu
  • Chinese: 波尔塔瓦州
  • Chinese: 波爾塔瓦州
  • Chuvash: Полтава облаçĕ
  • Crimean Tatar: Poltava vilâyeti
  • Croatian: Poltavska oblast
  • Czech: Poltavská oblast
  • Danish: Poltava oblast
  • Danish: Poltavska oblast
  • Dutch: Oblast Poltava
  • Dutch: Poltava
  • Eastern Mari: Полтава вел
  • Erzya: Полтавань ёнкс
  • Esperanto: Poltava provinco
  • Estonian: Poltava oblast
  • Finnish: Poltavan alue
  • Finnish: Pultavan alue
  • French: oblast de Poltava
  • French: Oblast de Poltava
  • Galician: Oblast de Poltava
  • Galician: Rexión de Poltava
  • Georgian: პოლტავა
  • Georgian: პოლტავას ოლქი
  • Georgian: პოლტავის ოლქი
  • German: Oblast Poltawa
  • German: UA-53
  • Greek: Όμπλαστ της Πολτάβα
  • Gujarati: પોલ્ટાવા ઓબ્લાસ્ટ
  • Hebrew: פולטבה
  • Hindi: पोल्टावा ओब्लास्ट
  • Hungarian: Poltavai terület
  • Icelandic: Poltavafylki
  • Ido: Provinco Poltava
  • Indonesian: Oblast Poltava
  • Indonesian: Poltavs’ka oblast‘
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Poltava
  • Italian: Oblast di Poltava
  • Italian: oblast‘ di Poltava
  • Italian: Oblast’ di Poltava
  • Japanese: プルタヴァ州
  • Japanese: ポルターヴァ州
  • Japanese: ポルタヴァ州
  • Japanese: ポルタバ州
  • Japanese: ポルタワ州
  • Kannada: ಪೊಲ್ಟಾವಾ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Poltava wa’layati
  • Kara-Kalpak: Poltava wálayatı
  • Kazakh: Полтава облысы
  • Kirghiz: Полтава облусу
  • Korean: 폴타바주
  • Kurdish: Oblasta Poltavayê
  • Ladin: Oblast de Poltava
  • Latin: Regio Poltavensis
  • Latvian: Poltavas apgabals
  • Lithuanian: Poltavos sritis
  • Lombard: Oblast de Poltava
  • Luxembourgish: Oblast Poltawa
  • Macedonian: Полтавска област
  • Macedonian: Полтавска Област
  • Malay: Poltava Oblast
  • Manx: Queiggey Poltava
  • Marathi: पोल्ताव्हा ओब्लास्त
  • Min Nan Chinese: Poltava oblast‘
  • Min Nan Chinese: Poltava séng
  • Mingrelian: პოლტავაშ ოლქი
  • Moksha: Полтавань аймак
  • Mongolian: Полтав муж
  • Mongolian: Полтава муж
  • Northern Frisian: Poltawa
  • Northern Luri: پولتاوا
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Poltava oblast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Poltava oblast
  • Norwegian: Poltava oblast
  • Ossetian: Полтавæйы облæст
  • Persian: ابلاست پولتاوا
  • Persian: استان پولتاوا
  • Polish: obwód połtawski
  • Polish: Obwód połtawski
  • Portuguese: oblast de Poltava
  • Portuguese: Oblast de Poltava
  • Portuguese: Óblast de Poltava
  • Portuguese: Poltava Oblast
  • Portuguese: Poltava
  • Romanian: Regiunea Poltava
  • Russian: Полтавская область
  • Russian: Полтавщина
  • Rusyn: Полтавска область
  • Scots: Poltava Oblast
  • Scottish Gaelic: Poltavska Oblast
  • Serbian: Poltavska oblast
  • Serbian: Полтавска област
  • Serbo-Croatian: Poltavska oblast
  • Sinhala: පොල්ටවා ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovak: Poltavská oblasť
  • Slovenian: Poltavska oblast
  • Spanish: Oblast de Poltava
  • Spanish: Óblast de Poltava
  • Spanish: Poltava
  • Spanish: Poltavshchina
  • Spanish: Poltávshchina
  • Swedish: Poltava oblast
  • Tajik: Вилояти Полтава
  • Tamil: போல்ட்டாவா ஓப்ளாஸ்ட்
  • Tamil: போல்தாவா மாகாணம்
  • Tatar: Палтау өлкәсе
  • Tatar: Полтава өлкәсе
  • Telugu: పోల్టావా ఓబ్లాస్ట్
  • Thai: แคว้นปอลตาวา
  • Turkish: Poltava Oblastı
  • Ukrainian: Полтавська область
  • Ukrainian: Полтавщина
  • Urdu: پولتاوا اوبلاست
  • Uzbek: Poltava viloyati
  • Uzbek: Poltava Viloyati
  • Vietnamese: Poltava
  • Vietnamese: Vùng Poltava
  • Waray (Philippines): Poltava Oblast
  • Western Panjabi: پولتاوا اوبلاست
  • Wu Chinese: 波尔塔瓦州
  • Yakut: Полтава уобалас
  • Yakut: Полтава уобалаһа
  • Yiddish: פאלטאווא גובערניע
  • Yiddish: פאלטאווער גובערניע
  • Yue Chinese: 波爾塔瓦州

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